Gulf South Region Texas double preview

Reutzel Takes Diminishing ASCS Gulf South Lead into Weekend Double
TULSA, Okla. (September 28, 2009) -- He's been atop
the American Sprint Car Series Gulf South Region point charts since the
fourth night of the season on April 24.
Now,...

Reutzel Takes Diminishing ASCS Gulf South Lead into Weekend Double

TULSA, Okla. (September 28, 2009) -- He's been atop
the American Sprint Car Series Gulf South Region point charts since the
fourth night of the season on April 24.

Now, with 22 full nights in the books, Aaron Reutzel's advantage has been
trimmed to just 32 markers by Tommy Bryant entering this weekend's pair
of events at Beaumont's Golden Triangle Raceway Park on Friday night and
then 105 Speedway in Cleveland, TX, on Saturday night.

This weekend's twinbill marks the final events before the following
weekend's Cowtown Sprint Nationals, in which the Gulf South forces will
square off against both the Sooner and Lone Star contenders.

After a 12th-place run in the series season opener at Beaumont, Reutzel
climbed to the top of the point charts and extended his points lead on
the strength of an ASCS Regional record of 15 consecutive top-ten feature
runs.

At one point during that stretch that included his first career ASCS
triumph (Golden Triangle Raceway Park on July 17), the Clute, TX, racer
had built as much as an 88-point advantage in the championship points
race.

However, in the eleven nights since that June 19 peak, Tommy Bryant of
Conroe, TX, has been on a mission, chipping away at Reutzel's advantage
to the tune of 56 points with two of his three victories on the season
coming during that span of events.

While both Reutzel and Bryant have penetrated victory lane at Golden
Triangle Raceway Park this year, Bryant has finished ahead of Reutzel in
four of six events atop the high-banked, 3/8-mile gumbo clay oval,
accumulating 36 more points than Reutzel in Beaumont.

Cleveland's 105 Speedway has been a different story however, where
Reutzel has piled up 56 points on Bryant by finishing no lower than
seventh in three events atop the semi-banked, 0x00bc-mile clay oval with
Bryant yet to crack the top ten.

While Reutzel and Bryant mix it up for the potential title on this
pivotal weekend, 18-year-old Channin Tankersley (Highlands, TX) enters
the weekend ranked third with Scottie McDonald (New Caney, TX) and
two-time series champion Brandon Berryman (Missouri City, TX) rounding
out the current top five.

Friday's card at Golden Triangle Raceway Park marks the series seventh
stop of the season in Beaumont. Gary Wright has a pair of GTRP wins this
year, with single triumphs posted by Bryant, Reutzel, Travis Rilat and
Jason Johnson.

Saturday marks the fourth Gulf South stop of the year at 105 Speedway,
where Wright, Kulhanek and Johnson have each posted victories.

Friday's card at Golden Triangle Raceway Park is slated to get under way
at 7:45 p.m., with Saturday's action at 105 Speedway going green at 7:00
p.m.

Golden Triangle Raceway Park is located 9.5 miles west of I-10 on US 90
near Beaumont, TX. For more information, contact the track at
409-752-7200.

Cleveland, Texas' 0x00bc-mile, semi-banked 105 Speedway clay oval is located
six miles west of US 59 on SR 105, then 0.3 miles north on Fostoria. For
more information, contact the track at 281-592-7223.

The ASCS Gulf South Region is set for 26 nights of racing action at ten
different tracks throughout Texas in 2009.

The American Sprint Car Series, in its 18th year of sanctioning Sprint
Car racing events, brings the best of Sprint Car racing to nearly 100
different tracks throughout 25 states and Canada in 2009. Anchored by
the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series presented by K&N Filters, ASCS
also consists of a dozen different Regions throughout the nation.